On behalf of the list thanks alot for such deep analesis
warm regards
an act of kindness is worth thousands prayers
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skipe raju.rathod25 -----Original message-----
From: Surya Prakash Sharma
Sent: 13/10/2014, 6:36 pm
To: Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones
and Tabs.
Subject: [Mobile.AI] my views on Simpleye.
Hello all, greetings of the day.
A few days back we were eagerly waiting for the launch of a new
accessibility app which was supposed to become an alternative way of
typing on Android devices for the visually impaired people. I have
tried this app a little and here are my views on it:
It is a launcher app with limited functions. we can just dial and
receive calls, send messages, go through some news articles, listen to
music, create voice and text notes and use clock and calculator
functions. as far as launcher is concerned, i'm not in favour of using
this type of launchers because of their limited utility. I prefer a
main stream launcher with accessibility features.
the most important and promising feature of the app is its Braille
keyboard. the layout of the keypad is similar to a cell of a braille
writing device containing six dots. the screen is divided into six
blocks representing six dots, three on left and the other three on the
right side of the screen. we have to slide our finger on these blocks
to write a character, swipe right and hold with two fingers to add a
space and swipe left and hold with two fingers to delete previous
character. we can swipe down and hold with two fingers to listen to
typed text. as far as the layout of the keyboard is concerned, I liked
it more than the recently launched app: "MBraille."
but, there are many areas where the developers of the app will have to
work hard. a few of these are:
1. the app launches automatically even after exiting it. so we have
two options if we don't want to use the app for a while, either to
force stop or uninstall it.
2. At present we can not copy the text we type using the braille
keyboard. "MBraille" provides this facility. in "mBraille" the typed
text automatically gets copyed on the clipboard, as soon as we switch
to another app. I am hopeful that "simpleye" creators will add this
feature in future versions. without the ability to copy the typed text
the app doesn't fulfill its purpose.
3. The devs of the app should develop the braille keyboard separately
as an alternate to the google keyboard and there should be an option
to select it as default keyboard.
4. the jestures to add a space or delete previous character are time
consuming and works like a spead breaker.
5. there should be a jesture to delete previous word.
6. the app currently speaks the characters only as we type. it should
also speak the word after adding the space.
7. the jesture for exiting the keyboard should be changed to double
tap and hold because the current jesture (single tap and hold)
sometimes gets performed unintentionally.
so these are my suggestions to the Kriyate team if they are on the
list.list members are also requested to express their views . our
feedback will help the devs to develop the app.
--
S. P. Sharma
Lecturer, Political Science
Govt. College Kaladera
Jaipur
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